U.S. to Implement Nafta Truck Pact

Updated June 21, 2002 12:01 a.m. ET

Mexican trucks should be rolling down U.S. highways by the end of the summer, Commerce Secretary Don Evans told reporters in Monterrey, Mexico. He said he expects President Bush to soon declare final the much-debated safety regulations. Under the North American Free Trade Agreement, Mexican trucks were supposed to be allowed to travel throughout the U.S. by 2000. Mexican trucks are currently restricted to a commercial zone along the border. The two sides reached an agreement at the end of last year that calls for on-site inspections of Mexican carriers seeking to operate in the U.S. and stricter checks at the border....